Advertisement
Advertisement
planetarium
[ plan-i-tair-ee-uhm ]
noun
- an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- a device that produces a representation of the heavens by the use of a number of moving projectors.
- the building or room in which such a device is housed.
planetarium
/ ˌplænɪˈtɛərɪəm /
noun
- an instrument for simulating the apparent motions of the sun, moon, and planets against a background of stars by projecting images of these bodies onto the inside of a domed ceiling
- a building in which such an instrument is housed
- a model of the solar system, sometimes mechanized to show the relative motions of the planets
Word History and Origins
Origin of planetarium1
Example Sentences
With the popularity of sky gazing and the closure of observatories and planetariums, telescopes have been in short supply.
The California Academy of Sciences reformatted its planetarium films for YouTube so teachers could show films like Expedition Reef and Fragile Planet to their students.
Two weekends a month, the five of us went on trips to the area museums, the aquarium, the art museum, the science museum, the natural history museum, the planetarium.
The planetarium became my portal and my conduit to the cosmos at a very early age.
My weak answer is, at age 9 when I looked up at the dome of the planetarium and the stars came out, I think the universe called me and I had no say in the matter.
Ingulfus mentions at the same time a nadir, as he calls it, or planetarium, executed in various metals.
It no doubt corresponded in a great measure to our modern planetarium, or orrery, invented by the earl of that name.
Here also was born the ingenious Eisa Eisinga, who constructed the Franeker planetarium in the intervals of wool-combing.
The dome was lighted to represent a clear night, and, incidentally, all nights are clear in a planetarium.
OrreryA planetarium; an instrument showing the relative motions, positions and masses of the sun and planets.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse